Decimal arithmetic, was Re: Python GUI app to impress the boss?

[Chris Gonnerman]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christian Tismer" <tismer at tismer.com>


> (On bases: Actually, the primes (2, 3, 5) would give a quite
> nice numeric base. They have lots of nice properties 
> concerning harmony, and the multiples of the prime factors 
> produce numbers people consider as "nice", most of the time.
> So my number base would be at least 30 :-) )

Didn't the ancient Babylonians use 60?  I've read we have
them to blame for 360 degrees in a circle.

Just has another factor of 2... they must have been pretty
sharp mathematicians.

Chris Gonnerman -- chris.gonnerman at newcenturycomputers.net
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